Tag Archives: Book Club

Heather Tucker: Book Club

Posted on May 5, 2018 by AYearOfBooksBlog

Book club is aways a great evening, sharing books with a great group of friends but this month we were lucky to have a special guest join us.  After enjoying The Clay Girl, one of our members (thank you Shannon) … Continue reading →

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41. The Clay Girl (Heather Tucker)

Posted on May 2, 2018 by AYearOfBooksBlog

Every once and a while, a book that is unknown and that comes with no pre-conceived expectations blows me away.  The Clay Girl is an amazing story, sadly disturbing yet hopeful.  It is a book that I will continue to … Continue reading →

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Ross Pennie: Book Club/Book Launch

Posted on November 27, 2017 by AYearOfBooksBlog

This review has been pending since June when Ross Pennie launched his latest book, Beneath the Wake, to an enthusiastic, standing room only crowd in Ancaster.  It also includes further discussion from our book club in October when Ross joined us … Continue reading →

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18. Faithful (Alice Hoffman)

Posted on February 28, 2017 by AYearOfBooksBlog

This month my in-person book club has a theme of “Kim’s choice” (Kim a.k.a my friend and official photographer for the majority of my book event postings).  She was responsible to pick the book that we will discuss tomorrow and … Continue reading →

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44. 101 letters to a prime minister (Yann Martel)

Posted on June 4, 2016 by AYearOfBooksBlog

“every person has a space next to where they sleep, whether a patch of pavement or a  fine bedside table.  In that space, at night, a book can glow.  And in those moments of docile wakefulness, when we begin to … Continue reading →

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43. Unknown Enemy (Michelle Karl) Meet the Author

Posted on June 2, 2016 by AYearOfBooksBlog

The great thing about being a member of a fabulous book club (besides the amazing group of women) is that we get to read books outside our comfort zone, books that challenge us and books that we might never have … Continue reading →

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Meeting Tasneem Jamal (Where the Air is Sweet)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by AYearOfBooksBlog

The book club had the pleasure of sharing a delicious dinner with Kitchener author Tasneem Jamal, author of  Where the Air is Sweet.   The story is a brilliant blend of Tasneem’s family history, incorporating events that the author remembered, anecdotes told … Continue reading →

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